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Austrian man pleads guilty to plotting attack on Taylor Swift concert in Vienna

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A 21-year-old man has pleaded guilty in an Austrian court over a jihadist plot to attack a Taylor Swift concert in Vienna nearly two years ago, which led to shows by the US megastar in the country being scrapped. The plan to kill onlookers massing outside the venue was thwarted at the 11th hour but Austrian authorities still cancelled Swift’s three scheduled performances in August 2024. The singer’s fans, who had flown to Austria from across the globe to attend a concert on her record-setting Eras Tour, were crushed but rallied to turn Vienna into a citywide trading post for Swifties’ trademark friendship bracelets and singalongs . “Having our Vienna shows cancelled was devastating,” Swift wrote in a statement posted to Instagram two weeks later . “The reason for the cancellations filled me with a new sense of fear, and a tremendous amount of guilt because so many people had planned on coming to those shows.” Austrian authorities cancelled Swift’s three performances in August 2024.…

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